14 May 2023 After over 30 years as the only youth clearinghouse in Australia, the Federal Government has ceased funding for the Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies (ACYS) from 30 June this year.
Despite reports of housing becoming less affordable, young Australians continue to rate home ownership as a key aspiration. However, young people are deciding to purchase a home later in life and for different reasons than previous generations. This briefing looks at the factors that influence making the biggest financial commitment ...
As we prepare for the closure of ACYS at the end of this month, we’d like to reflect on the contributions that ACYS has made to the Australian youth ...
Today the Australian Clearinghouse of Youth Studies (ACYS) releases its Face the Facts: Violence against young women in Australia – contexts beyond the family home which explores how ...
Now that the youth and social welfare sector have had time to digest the latest Federal Budget, most have released statements outlining their support, or otherwise, for its planned measures.
The Line is a youth social marketing campaign that seeks to change attitudes and behaviours that condone, justify and excuse violence against women.
A report released last November but which has just come to YFX’s attention explores the safety of students with cognitive disability in a school setting; it is the result ...
POLICY The 2023–16 Federal Budget included provision for a new government-funded Youth Employment Strategy, which is designed to give young people the skills and assistance to get into the ...
PRACTICE In late April, Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect) launched a world-first website called Launchpad that offers young people with autism and their families resources to help these young people transition ...
‘Girls can do anything’ is name and message of a new website which features female role models from male-dominated professions and provides information about career paths into these industries.
A comprehensive listing of upcoming youth-specific events for your diary.
Express Media, an organisation that supports young Australian writers, has launched the program for its 2023 National Young Writers’ Month to be held in June.
RESEARCH Last month’s YFX touched briefly on the publication of the Mission Australia (MA) report Voices of the vulnerable: Insights and concerns from young clients accessing our services, and ...
In its overview of what the 2023–16 Federal Budget holds for various sectors, the ABC has judged the results for young people as ‘neutral’. There are certainly some positive ...
The Australian Youth Affairs Coalition (AYAC) has ‘cautiously welcomed’ the Federal Budget.
‘The Line’ is the Australian Government’s social media campaign that aims to ‘challenge attitudes and behaviours that support violence against women’. It has recently been relaunched after its first ...
MindMatters is a mental health initiative provided by the Australian Government for secondary schools that aims to improve the mental health and wellbeing of young people.
RESEARCH A new report emphasises that as the working lives of young people become more casualised and insecure, they will need career development services to help them navigate these difficult ...
Studio G is a creative post-school transition program, run by Autism Queensland, that teaches young people with high functioning autism valuable social, job and life skills.
